• Picture Book and Early Chapter Book Authors and Illustrators

Interest Level K-3

• Ezra Jack Keats
• Kate DiCamillo- Mercy Watson
  • Books
  • Mercy's Website
• Illustrator Tom Lichtenheld - Shark VS Train
• Author/Illustrator - Patricia Polacco
• Author Judy Sierra
  • teachingbooks.net
  • Readinginaction.org
• Author Jon Scieszka
• Author/Illustrator Judith Byron Schachner
• Author Devin Scillian~ (Memoirs of a Goldfish)

Interest Level 3-6

• Author Suzanne Selfors
• Author Lauren Tarshis
• Alyson Noel
• Gregory Mone
• Katherine Paterson
• A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz (hear an excerpt)
• Author Stuart Gibbs - (Belly Up)
• Rich Wallace
• Betty Birney
• Sue Bentley
• Jennifer Holm
• Judy Schachner
• Ellen Miles
• James Patterson
• Wendy Orr
• Jeff Kinney
• Nic Bishop
• Kate DiCamillo

Interest Level 6-8

• Author Sharon Draper (Out of my Mind)

Publishers

• Scholastic
• Harper Collins for Kids
• Random House for Kids
• Penguin Group

Activities

• Author Games - LG